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2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2003
Championship details
Dates3 June — 21 September 2003
Teams6
All-Ireland champions
WinnersTipperary (4th win)
CaptainUna O'Dwyer
ManagerRaymie Ryan
All-Ireland runners-up
Runners-upCork
CaptainStephanie Dunlea
ManagerJohn Considine
Championship statistics
Matches played18
2002
2004

The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2003 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who defeated Cork by a three-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,183. Player of the Match was Eimear McDonnell, a niece of Cork football legend Billy Morgan. The championship and the final was a high point in a period of rapid growth in the popularity of the sport of camogie which quadrupled the average attendance at its finals in a ten-year period.[1][2]

Semi-finals

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In the semi-final Cork were 2-2 up after only seven minutes, thanks to fine goals from Fiona O'Driscoll and Orla O'Sullivan. “All Galway could do was look on” one reporter wrote as they trailed 0-0 to Cork's 3-6 at the break and lost by 25 points. Tipperary beat Limerick 18 points in the other semi-final. With six minutes of the half remaining, Tipperary were awarded a penalty which centre back Ciara Gaynor struck to the back of the net and it gave them a 2-8 to 0-7 half-time lead.

Final

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Cork led 0-3 to 1-3 at half-time. Deirdre Hughes got an early second-half goal and Eimear McDonnell scored four points to put them into a six-point lead with 10 minutes remaining before a late Gemma O'Connor goal put a better appearance on the scoreboard. Goalkeeper Jovita Delaney made a vital block and clearance on a late free.

Final stages

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Cork4-16 – 0-3Galway

Tipperary4-16 – 0-10 [3]Limerick

Tipperary2-11 – 1-11 [4]Cork
Tipperary
Cork
TIPPERARY:
GK 1 Jovita Delaney (Cashel)
RCB 2 Suzanne Kelly (Toomevara)
FB 3 Una O'Dwyer (Cashel) (Capt)
LCB 4 Claire Madden (Nenagh Éire Óg)
RWB 5 Sinéad Nealon (Burgess)
CB 6 Ciara Gaynor (Burgess)
LWB 7 Therese Brophy (Burgess)
MF 8 Angie McDermott (Kildangan)
MF 9 Philly Fogarty (Cashel)
RWF 10 Joanne Ryan (Drom-Inch) (0-1)
CF 11 Emily Hayden (Cashel) (0-2)
LWF 12 Claire Grogan (Cashel) (0-1)
RCF 13 Noelle Kennedy (Toomevara) (0-2) downward-facing red arrow 56'
FF 14 Deirdre Hughes (Toomevara) (1-1)
LCF 15 Eimear McDonnell (Burgess) (1-4)
Substitutes:
RCF Trish O'Halloran (Nenagh Éire Óg) for Fogarty upward-facing green arrow 55'
CORK:
GK 1 Ger Casey (Inniscarra)
RCB 2 Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv)
FB 3 Eithne Duggan (Bishopstown)
LCB 4 Stephanie Dunlea (Cloughduv) (Capt)
RWB 5 Paula O'Connor (Newtownshandrum) downward-facing red arrow Half time'
CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) (0-2)
LWB 7 Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) (1-0) downward-facing red arrow 36' upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF 8 Rachel Moloney (Courcey Rovers)
MF 9 Vivienne Harris (Bishopstown) downward-facing red arrow 47'
RWF 10 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) (0-1)
CF 11 Emer Dillon (Ballygarvan) (0-2)
LWF 12 Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) (0-2)
RCF 13 Orla O'Sullivan (St Finbarr's) (0-1) downward-facing red arrow 54'
FF 14 Caoimhe Harrington (Newtownshandrum) downward-facing red arrow 47'
LCF 15 Fiona O'Driscoll (Fr O’Neill’s) (0-3)
Substitutes:
RWB Cathriona Foley (Rockbán) for Paula O'Connor upward-facing green arrow Half time'
MF Briege Corkery (Cloughduv) for Harris upward-facing green arrow 47'
LWB Sarah Hayes (Rockbán) for Gemma O'Connor upward-facing green arrow 36'
FF Colette Desmond (Newcestown) for Harrington upward-facing green arrow 47'
FF Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) for O'Sullivan (returning to play) upward-facing green arrow 54'

References

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  1. ^ 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
  2. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  3. ^ Semi-final report in Irish Independent
  4. ^ 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
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Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by